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“You could argue we were the quintessential cult band. But I was thinking, ‘We can be more than this’”: In Absentia sold poorly, influenced greatly, and marked the beginning of the end for Porcupine Tree

They delivered a defining moment in progressive metal with their 2002 album, but it wasn’t easy to do it – and once they had, Steven Wilson didn’t want to do it again

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Opeth push back release of The Last Will & Testament to November 22

Opeth will tour Europe and the UK in February and March 2025

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“Had we not made this record the way it sounded, I’m not certain there would have been another album”: How Opeth ditched the death growls and fully embraced prog on Heritage

In 2011, Opeth released Heritage – and cut the the last cord with their death metal past

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The 15 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Wardruna, Body Count and Nightwish are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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“There’s some screams on there. It’s cool that people appreciate it. It’s also a bit annoying.” Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt is slightly irritated by all this talk about his growls

We’re all happy that Opeth are screaming again, but Mikael Åkerfeldt isn’t happy with how happy we are

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"He's the king of death metal." Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt and Fredrik Akesson name the greatest death metal band of all time, and discuss their own journey through the genre

From inverted crosses in flowerbeds to failing to blow Morbid Angel off-stage and petty larceny, Opeth talk their journey through death metal

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All hell breaks loose! Inside Thin Lizzy's first hit album and the campaign to break America - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Motörhead, Jerry Cantrell, Jon Anderson, The Cold Stares, Fleetwood Mac, Terrorvision, Michael Schenker, Idles, The Hot Damn!, Bad Religion, Paul Gilbert and more

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The 14 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Linkin Park, Opeth and Spiritboxare among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Hear Opeth go full prog on new single §3

Their last single was a death metal comeback. Now, Opeth are showing their proggy side again.

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“Chuck Schuldiner from Death yelled at me for being drunk onstage. That was me not at my best”: Legendary drummer Gene Hoglan is interviewed by equally legendary drummers from Slipknot, Sepultura and more

Happy birthday to iconic metal drummer Gene ‘The Atomic Clock’ Hoglan – born on this day in 1967

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“When it comes to many of the classics, I don’t even know what they’re about!” How Mikael Åkerfeldt’s policy of not taking advice led Opeth to Pale Communion

Inspired by sharing records with Steven Wilson, he took a more melodic approach, added a vague title that just sounded cool, and forged them into a “journey through life that starts pretty good and ends shit”

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"We haven't done anything decent in 15 years. Message received." Opeth embrace the classics in old school Bloodstock headline set

Opeth's third time headlining Bloodstock shows just how they elevated extreme metal at the turn of the millennnium

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”Every time you go into the mainstream, I get really uncomfortable”: Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt declined to join an Abba tribute band at Eurovision this year

Opeth’s leader was approached to help celebrate 50 years of Abba’s 1974 Eurovision win, but turned the chance down

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“We just wanted to findauthentic, heavier, evil-sounding music”: Mikael Åkerfeldt explains how Opeth rediscovered death metal on new single §1

Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt has growled on a new song for the first time since 2008. This is his explanation why.

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The 12 new metal songs you need to hear this week

Hear the best songs metal has offered this week, from Opeth’s snarling comeback to Lacuna Coil’s Lamb Of God team-up. Plus, vote for your favourite.

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"It feels like a dream." Opeth reveal new concept album The Last Will And Testament will be released in October

Opeth's The Last Will And Testament features guest appearances from Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson and Europe's Joey Tempest

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Black metal mavens Tribulation announce Sub Rosa In Æternum album, stick with psych-rock on new single Tainted Skies

The Swedish four-piece have shed their face paint and emphasised melodic singing for their sixth studio album

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“Expect an old-school heavy metal show of epic proportions!” UK stoner metal champions Green Lung announce biggest-ever live shows, Unto Others supporting

The adored occultists will headline Manchester’s The Ritz and London’s Kentish Town Forum in February, with support from Unto Others and Satan’s Satyrs

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"Emails were exchanged with Ian Anderson, containing something that could be described as music": Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt is unable to tell you what he'd like to tell you

Swedish proggers Opeth have European festival dates throughout the summer before heading to the US, and have a new album in the can

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"It was kind of like being in a Def Leppard production with Mutt Lange": Opeth's Fredrik Åkesson talks playing guitar for Ghost and avoiding a blood explosion in the studio

We caught up with the super Swede after Opeth's set at the Tons Of Rock festival in Oslo, Norway

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“We have always striven to push our own boundaries and let the music change”: Black metal darlings Tribulation ditch corpse paint, go psych rock on new single Saturn Coming Down

With less facepaint and more melodic singing, the Swedish metal four-piece are pursuing a brave new direction

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“We always try to go for it, always try to have that relentless ride." Dream Theater and the making of Black Clouds & Silver Linings

In 2009 we sat down with Mike Portnoy to discuss Dream Theater's tenth album Black Clouds & Silver Linings, little realising it would be his last with the band for 15 years!

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What happens when members of extreme metal royalty like Meshuggah, Watain and Opeth form an orchestra? Meet the uniquely excellent Bright & Black

Bright & Black have made one of this year's most compelling albums. We found out how it all came together

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How are there so many Swedish metal bands? A Swedish metal band explains

Avatar singer Johannes Eckerström explains how his homeland has given us Opeth, Arch Enemy, Sabaton, In Flames, Meshuggah, Amon Amarth, Bathory and much, much, much, much more

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“Nothing was too crazy. Nothing was too outrageous. Once we had a beautiful part, we thought we should make it evil and disturbing”: Powered by red wine and bored with prog metal, Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt made Storm Corrosion their way

Porcupine Tree and Opeth leaders’ 2012 collaboration wasn't what many people thought it would be – instead it was something more experimental which they described as “organic pagan minimalism”

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